Women and Recovery: Finding Hope

Kitty S. Harris,Jodie E. Gould

Women and Recovery: Finding Hope
Format
Paperback
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 June 2012
Pages
256
ISBN
9780470941836

Women and Recovery: Finding Hope

Kitty S. Harris,Jodie E. Gould

A breakthrough recovery plan for women who struggle with\nalcoholism, based on a groundbreaking new model Tens of millions of\nwomen today drink to excess and their numbers are growing. Now Dr.\nKitty Harris, an experienced counselor and therapist who is herself\na recovering alcoholic with more than thirty years of sobriety,\npresents a new model for recovery that focuses on treating the pain\nin women′s lives that can lead to a vicious cycle of\naddiction#151;not on the shame that fuels it. Combining her\npersonal and professional experience, Dr. Harris offers tools that\ncan help women who want to recover as well as friends or family\nmembers who are seeking help for a loved one. Focuses on dealing\nwith the pain associated with alcoholism in women, not reinforcing\nthe shame Discusses the different types of female drinking habits,\nincluding binge drinking and drunkorexia Takes a plain-language,\njargon-free approach that is easy to understand and shares the\nstories of recovering women of all ages and from all walks of life\nIs written by Dr. Kitty Harris, Director of The Center for the\nStudy of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University, with\ntwenty-five years of private clinical experience working with\nadults and adolescents

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